Door-hanger.



O. A. HEGKEL.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 9, 1913. 1 1 15,81 6, Patented N0v. 3, 1914.

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0. A. HEGKEL.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION PILEDAUG. 9, 191a.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LITHD W SHINGTON. .0 C.

o'rro A. HECKEL, or sr. notnsivrissouni.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Application filed August 9, 1913.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914. Serial No. 783,874. 2

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO A. HEOKE a citizen of the United States, andresident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Door- Hangers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in door hangers, and has for itsobject a track swingingly mounted, and a means whereby either end ofsaid track and center portion can be either elevated or lowered so as toproperly place the door in alinement with the door casing or meetingdoor.

A further object is to provide in addition to the track suitableadjust-able roller brackets by which the door is suspended to the track.

The essential feature is to provide the hanger with a mechanism by whichthe hidden incased end of the track can be adjusted vertically bymanipulation from the portion over the door opening.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my complete invention showing the doorin position on the track. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of theoverhead pocket showing the track and door in end view. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the track with parts broken away showing the operatingmechanism. Fig. a is an end view of the suspension bracket by which thetrack is supported, a portion of the same being in section showing theadjusting screw. Fig. 5* is a side view of the same. Fig. 6 is asectional view of a portion of the meeting tracks showing theirconnection. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the bracket bar by which therails are supported. Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the operatingmechanism by which the'gears are manipulated. Fig. 9 is a sectional viewof the adjustable roller bracket for supporting the door to the track.Fig. 10 is a sectional view of a hanger showlng the construction whenone track or rail is used. Fig. 11 is a bottom plan view of a portion ofthe single rail. Fig. 12 is a sectional view of a modi-' fied form ofhollow rail showing the internal ball roller. Fig. 13 is a longitudinalsectional view of the same. Fig. 14 is a crosssectional view of the samewhen used as a single rail. Fig. 15 is a cross-sectional view of anadditional modified form of tracks Fig. 16 is a side elevation of aportion of said track showing the connection of the meeting ends.

In the construction of my invention I provide a track 17 consisting ofrails 18 and 19, the butting ends connected together by a plug 20 at apoint indicated by the numeral 21, these, rails as shown are preferablyarranged two in number and are separated and supported by bracket bars22; these bars having projecting trunnions 23 which pass throughopenings formed in the rails; in this instance the rails are tubular 111form.

The bracket bars are mviaa with cen-.

tral perforations2 i in which are located-internally screw-threaded nuts25, these nuts being designed to be screwed to the screw threaded hangerrod 26, the upper end of which being preferably bent at right angles andheld in a bearing 27 which is firmly secured to the header 28 whichforms the up per portion of the hanger pocket formed above the door;this arrangement is such that the hanger rod together with all theiechanism supported thereby can swing to keep the track in perfecthorizontal position.

The heads of the nuts are suitably slotted for the insertion of a screwdriverso that the nut can be properly adjusted on the threaded portionof the hanger rods for raising and lowering the position of the track. y

In Fig. 1 I show a trackof its complete length in relative position withthe door supported thereon; in this instance the track is divided intotwo sections and connected. at the point indicated by the numeral 21; attwo ends of the section 18 are located bracket bars supporting abevel-gearmechanism by which the rear end of the track can bemanipulated from the front or door opening; this operating mechanismconsists of a horizontal shaft 29 supported in suitable bearings 3, 81,and 32, the bearing 30 secured to the bracket bar as shown in Fig. 3,the bracket 32 being secured to a projection 33 mounted on the one sideof the front bracket bar andin this projection is supported a stud 34:having a slotted head 35 at its bottom and a bevel-gear 36 at the top;this bevel-gear meshing with a bevel gear 87 formed on the front end ofthe shaft 29; the opposite end of said shaft is provided with abevel-gear 88 which meshes with a bevel-gear 39 formed on a stud locatedin the rear bracket bar, the said stud being internally screw-threadedand operating on the threaded hanger rod; the object of this mechanismis that if in the event the rear end of the track should become out ofalinement and since that portion of the track being entirely incased inthe wall, by the manipulation of the stud 34, the rear concealed end ofthe track can be raised or lowered so as to bring the door 40 in properalinement with the casing.

The front hanger bar which is also provided with an internallyscrew-threaded nut 41 can be manipulated so as to raise .or lower thatportion of the track in accordance with the hanging portion of the frontedge of the door. To the ends of the section 18 of the track isconnected the section 19, its op posite or front end supported to ahanger rod 42, likewise provided with an internally screw-threaded nut43 which can be operated likewise to raise or lower the end of thesection 19; this entire mechanism is concealed in an overhead pocket 44formed in the wall and is hid from view in the door opening by means ofthe moldings or guide strips 45 but access can be had to the internallyscrew-threaded nuts by inserting a screwdriver through the door openingbetween the strips 45 and the entire track placed in proper alinement soas to level the door 40 to haveits edges meet in proper alinement withthe door frame or meeting door.

The door 40 is supported on the track by roller hangers 44 and consistsof a bracket 45 firmly secured to the upper edge of the door, andbetween the bracket and the door is located a nut 46 having internalscrew-threads and operating on a screwthreaded stud 47 carried by theplate 48 which has radially projecting-arms 49 bent upwardly and overthe rails and in the bent portion are located rollers 50; the plate isalsoprovided with two guide pins 51 which extend downwardly throu h thebracket 45 and into recesses 52 bored into the top of the door; theobject of these guide pins is to hold the roller hanger in rigidposition yet allow for the adjustment vertically by the movement of thenut 46; the purpose of this adjustment is that after the door has beenhung upon the rails the bottom edge of the door can be properly spacedfrom the floor.

As shown in Fig. 7 this bracket bar is the one used in between the frontand rear bracketbars for supporting the shaft 31 which is necessarywhere the space between the two end bracket bars is at a great length.

In Fig. 10 I show a like construction to that just described but whereonly a single hollow tubular track is used and suspended direct upon thehanger rods I use rollers 53 of a construction as that shown in Fig. 12;these rollers operating on the inside of the hollow tubes, the bottomedge of said tubes being split and access being had to the adjustingscrews by inserting a screw-driver through the apertures 54 (see Fig.lOand 11). If found desirable I may also use a structure of track androller hanger as that found in Fig. 15, providing in this instance woodrails 54" and connected together by the cross-bar 55;

Having fully described my invention what I claim is: p

1. A door hanger comprising a sectional track, adjustable swingingbrackets supporting the track, and an adjusting means for alining theincased section of the track for properly placing the door in alinementwith the casing.

2. A door hanger comprising a suspended track, adjustable swingingbrackets carrying the same, adjusting means carried by the brackets forregulating the position of the track, and a suspending means whereby thedoor is suspended to the track.

3. A door hanger comprising a swinging supported sectional track and agear mechanism whereby the inner end of the concealed section of thetrack can be raised and lowered by manipulating a screw located abovethe door opening in combination with adjusting means for lining up thetrack on the swinging hangers.

4. A door hanger comprising a suspended swinging sectional track,brackets for supporting the same to the header, a combined screw andgear mechanism whereby either section of said track can be raised orlowered from above the door opening to properly line up said track, andadjustable roller brackets carrying the door.

5. A door hanger comprising a track suspended from a header, swingingbrackets supporting said track, internally screw threaded screws carriedby the brackets whereby the track can be elevated or lowered, a beveledgear mechanism carried by the brackets by which the inner end of saidtrack is manipulated from the free forward end and adjustable rollerbrackets supporting the door upon the track.

6. A door hanger of theclass described comprising a sectional track,screw threaded hanger rods swingingly mounted to the header of the doorframe work for supporting the sectional track; a beveled gear mechanismcarried by one section of the sectional track by which the inner end ofsaid In testimony whereof, I have signed my track may be raised andlowered by manipuname to this specification, in presence of two 10 latinthe mechanism at the front end subscribing Witnesses.

of said section, and internally screw thread OTTO A HECKEL 5 ed screwsoperated on the hanger rods for adjusting the opposite end of the innersec- Witnesses:

tion and one end of the outer section, sub- ALFRED A. EIGKs,

stantially as specified. WALTER C. STEIN.

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